Right? I've tried to be silent about this everywhere, because I know it's going to lead to me losing my cool and I don't have time to argue with dumb asses. And I'm not directing that at the Dojo, because discussion is usually level-headed and by true fans here. But Facebook, Kickstarter and YouTube comments? Wow. This past week should have been an amazing time for a Shenmue fan. A massive Shenmue III banner hang high at the entrance of E3, and we got so much great footage that showed how well this game has been shaping up.
I don't say this to sound elite, but there isn't a damn soul who invested as much into this game financially as me. Not from a fan standpoint, at least. I already invested enough to buy a car with before pre-orders came available, and now I've already pre-ordered the retail version 13 times. Personally, I couldn't give a single fuck if every copy I bought comes shipped in a paper bag with "Shinmuu" scribbled on it with a crayon. I seriously don't. I don't care if the copies they send aren't even "Shinmuu" at all. If they were copies of Floigan Bros on Dreamcast and I had to buy it yet again in order to play it, I would without saying a word.
For so, so long, I have prayed to Satan, God, extraterrestrials or whatever the fuck is out there to either get Shenmue III funded by a company, or allow us the chance to do it. It finally happened, and people have been ungrateful fuckers ever since. People have bitched about wanting to see the game, but complain about every detail every time the team have given us anything. As if video games don't take time to get created and polished, you know? Bitch bitch, whine whine. Now Epic gets involved, which has probably already given the team three times the money that would have been made if it dropped on Steam day one. Not only that, but Epic seem to actually give a damn about advertising it. Shenmue III, remember that game?
So this Epic deal will help remedy the problems people have complained about, as well as ensure we'll get a Shenmue IV, V and VI. But are people happy? Nope. Yu Suzuki is a fucking sell out and thief, people say. Never mind the fact that he should be by the beach somewhere enjoying retirement right now, but instead he's sleeping in his office and working his ass off. So now all these $29 or $60 donations (key word) that broke so many poor wittle banks where just in vain! Damn, folks, let's pirate the game now and really show them! Show who? You'll only be showing everyone how retarded you are if you retract your donation just to steal the game you've waited 18 years for. And now we've even got people who are offended that Yu wants to complete the series as originally intended. What in the actual fuck is going on? CERN certainly had to throw us into some alternate universe where nothing makes a shard of sense. Every time I think about all the nonsense going on, I almost wish Yu would tell everyone to go to hell and cancel the game. He doesn't deserve this bullshit.
Rant over.
